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Daily Archives: July 6, 2021

Attacks on journalists: The National Assembly (NA) body to summon interior minister, secretary, Nadra head, DG Federal Investigation Authority in next meeting

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Monday decided to summon Interior Minister, Interior Secretary, Nadra chairman, DG FIA and IG Islamabad in its next meeting with regards to targeting of journalists. The committee, which met here with Mian Javed Latif in the chair, took a number of issues, including PTV […]


Arts Council, United States of America consulate hold online musical event

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In connection with the 246th Independence Day of the United States of America that falls on July 4, the Arts Council of Pakistan and the US Consulate General in Karachi hosted an online musical concert. The event showed the power of music to bring people together, with both the Pakistani and American songs as well […]


Protesters, media personnel injured as police suppress Islamkot sit-in against laborer’s ‘murder’

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MITHI: Bheel community’s ongoing protest in Islamkot over the recent death of Dodo Bheel, a worker hired by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), spread to other cities and towns of Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas on Monday after police moved into action to suppress the protest. Laborer Dodo Bheel was one of the several workers […]


Journalist, fiction writer Masood Ashar passes away in Lahore

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LAHORE: Veteran journalist, short story writer and progressive intellectual Masood Ashar passed away in Lahore. He was 90. The funeral prayers for the deceased will be held at the mosque of B Block DHA, phase I, at 10am on Tuesday (today). He is survived by two sons and two daughters. His wife passed away last […]


Government negotiating with social media giants for representative offices in Pakistan

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LAHORE: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has said that the government is negotiating with international social media giants to convince them to set up representative offices in Pakistan, without which it is increasingly difficult to monitor harmful and offensive content online “Experience has shown that on a number of occasions social […]


Reporters without Borders (RSF) report a charge-sheet against government: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has claimed that the latest report of the Reporters without Borders is a charge-sheet against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government. In a statement on Monday, she said Imran Khan’s alleged “authoritarian attitude” and character was defiling Pakistan’s image abroad. Ms Aurangzeb said the global community had […]


Punjab Assembly speaker Okays amendment to journalist’s bill

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LAHORE: After serious reservations and protest by the journalist community, Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi has notified amendments to the Punjab Privileges Amendment Bill 2021. In the Amendment Bill, one schedule was included in the 1972 Act. Parvaiz Elahi in a statement in Monday said that he held journalists in great esteem and the […]


Cable operator held for airing Indian content

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SAHIWAL: A Kameer-based cable operator was arrested on Saturday evening by local police for airing banned Indian channels. Police said a citizen approached local inspector of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Inspector Sohail Anwar, complaining that Shafiq Sajid was showing Indian music and drama channels. The inspector, with the help of police, raided Sajid’s […]


‘Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) not aimed to control media’, minister assures Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE)

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Minister of State for Information Farrukh Habib has assured the representatives of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) that the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance is not aimed to curtail press freedom. Addressing concerns of the CPNE during a visit to the head office of Daily Times (DT) in Lahore, the minister said […]